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On the recordAugust 30, 1910
Every special interest is entitled to justice—full, fair, and complete—and, now, mind you, if there were any attempt by mob-violence to plunder and work harm to the special interest, whatever it may be, that I most dislike, and the wealthy man, whomsoever he may be, for whom I have the greatest contempt, I would fight for him, and you would if you were worth your salt.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Remarks in Osawatomie, Kansas: The New Nationalism

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